Japan to donate another 1 million doses of vaccine to Vietnam
Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu has announced that Japan would donate another one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Vietnam.
A mass vaccination drive held at Phu Tho Indoor Sport Stadium, HCM City, on June 24, 2021, using the AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - Japanese Minister for Foreign Affairs Motegi Toshimitsu has announcedthat Japan would donate another one million doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19vaccine to Vietnam.
This comeson top of the previous shipment of nearly one million doses that were deliveredto Vietnam on June 16.
Arrangementsare also being made to send one million doses of AstraZeneca eachto Taiwan (China), Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and thePhilippines, the Japanese diplomat noted.
“Japan’sdonation of vaccines to Vietnam is a testament for the profound friendshipbetween the two countries,” the Japanese Embassy in Vietnam said in a statementon June 25 regarding the news.
The majorityof the donated doses in previous shipment are being administered for prioritygroups in Ho Chi Minh City in its largest inoculation drive, as the southerneconomic centre has recorded nearly 2,300 COVID-19 infections since lateMay, becoming the second most severe COVID-19 hot spot in thecountry’s fourth wave of infections.
Vaccinedelivery to Vietnam has been very limited, and to date, 2,920,248 million dosesof vaccine have been administered in Vietnam, with only 143,121 people fullyvaccinated with two doses./.
National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has reaffirmed that Vietnam always considers Japan a strategic and long-term partner of top importance with high trust in its foreign policy.
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A mass vaccination drive held at Phu Tho Indoor Sport Stadium, HCM City, on June 24, 2021, using the AstraZeneca doses donated by Japan. (Photo: VNA) 
